@SarahPalinUSA needs to read this letter to the editor of the White River Junction (VT) Valley Times to see how a REAL mama grizzly defended her young in 2000. So good, I quoted the whole thing. h/t MadPriest Of Course, I Could Be Wrong…: ANSWER THAT!. Sent in to MadPriest Towers by THEMETHATISME: A letter [...]

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ginny on May 4th, 2010

Stephen Fry lays it out. Ultimately, vote how you like, but VOTE! How I will vote… « Stephen Fry. More important than my own political views or my own voting intentions are my hopes that nothing I say will stop you from choosing Conservative if you consider it the right way to cast your vote. [...]

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ginny on May 2nd, 2010

It’s a funny old Sunday for me; had to get up and out the door this morning by 4: 30am to get my husband David off to O’Hare for his flight to Orlando for a technical conference. He’s there, he’s run into some of his list members, he’s That Mailing List Guy.  He runs a [...]

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ginny on January 23rd, 2010

Darn it, we have theater tickets Sunday, so I won’t be able to make this event, but you can check out the details on the #Cafe Wellstone Ning, and listen via streaming radio if you can’t make it inworld. Doubtless you’ve read them, perhaps you’ve quoted them (‘What digby said.’;), now you can hear them. [...]

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ginny on September 12th, 2009

I just used their website to highlight the “Max Tax” story for several reporters, including David Brancacchio of NPR’s Marketplace. Emptywheel » MaxTax Is a Plan to Use Our Taxes to Reward Wal-Mart for Keeping Its Workers in Poverty Sent via The Spotlight Project

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ginny on September 5th, 2009

It’s become a confederation of sovereign dunces, fantasizing about forming their own free state and cheering for their media champions, and regurgitating their hysterical screeds, from couches and basements across America. Progressive blog One Utah has been getting a lot of comments on their recent post, “The right has truly gone insane”. Predictably, there’s some [...]

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ginny on August 24th, 2009

They made sure so many things we take for granted came to be. Think how much better off we would be if corporations and lobbying groups had their way… and shudder. Suburban Guerrilla » Blog Archive » What Socialist Liberals and Bad Evil Government Have Foisted on America 1. 40-hour work week. 2. Paid vacation. [...]

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ginny on July 28th, 2009

Palin’s farewell as poetry, as performed by the master of the pregnant pause, @WilliamShatner. Shatner Reads Palin As Poetry

I was just looking for a good play on “iambic pentameter,” but was reminded of a better, deeper meaning that explains much of Sarah Palin’s behavior, and that of her [...]

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ginny on July 25th, 2009

Why it’s important that parents of gay children love and accept them just as they are, and why Utah is a deeply strange place: A Gift, from the Homophobic Culture « One Utah When we watch the LDS church claim they aren’t homophobic, and that common ground can be reached, even while they destroy bills [...]

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ginny on July 17th, 2009

Made this just now, tastes incredible even though I forgot the fresh parsley. Roasted the red pepper on the gas flame for pyro fun! Mom’s Macaroni Salad Recipe | Simply Recipes Think macaroni and deviled egg make love child and you’ll be in the vicinity. There is a hard boiled egg, some roasted red bell [...]

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